Windshield and the like



J. R. OISHEI.

WINDSHl-ELDAND, THE LIKE.

APPLIcIITIoII FILED Fis. Ie, 1920.

1,407,164, Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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Jttarn eys l-..R. OIS'HEI.

WINDSHIELD AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I6. 1920.

I ,407, 1 64, mend Feb. 21, 1922.

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II'III In en tor,

.ttawzeys 1. R. OISHEI.

WINDSHI=ELD AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1920.

1,407,164, Peeeneed Feb. 21, 1922.

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TFT15. e TIICIJE- To all @cham t may concern:

JOHN R. OISHEI, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

WINDSHIELD :Application led February Be it known that I, -JoHN R.OIsHnI, a citizen of the United `States, residin -atI Buffalo, in thecounty of Eriel and tate of New York,ha`ve invented a new and usefulImprovement in Windshields and the like, of which the following is aspecification.

This'invention relates more particularly to improvements 4in vehiclewindshieldsvof the sort used von automobiles.A windshields areordinarily composed of sec- 'tions or parts adapted to'stand inthe sameplane and one'orboth of wh1ch-1s orare adapted to swing to differentpositions-for closing or opening the front of the vehlcle. A. crackornarrow space is left between adjacent edges of the two sections of suchwindshields, and it is usual to employ a suitable weather-strip whichfits on the edge of the glass of one ofthe windshield sections andextends across the crack into contact with the other section of thewindshield for the purpose of closing the crack, but on account of theusual construction of the frames for the glasses, this weather-stripcannot extend out to the extreme end edges of the windshield and,therefore, leaves the rend portions of the crack open.. As ordi- 4narilyconstructed,'the frame for the glass or transparentV pane of eachsection extends along the opposite ends of one horizontal edge of theglass. The glass' is inserted edgewise between the opposite end barsofthe frame into the holding grooves of the .frame and is retained in theframe by corner ttings or caps which are secured to the ends of the endframe bars and project inwardly therefrom over the unframed edge of theglass. `This leaves the adjacent edges of the glasses of the twowindshield sections unframed except at the ends of the sections. Theweather-strips, being ordinarily of uniform shape and dimensionsthroughout, adapted to fit on the unframed edge of one of the glasses,are not adapted to extend out over the caps o1' corner fittings and musttherefore terminate at the inner ends of the opposite corner caps orfittings, thus leaving the endportions of the crack between adjacentcorner caps open, as above stated.

One object of this invention is to provide a windshield frame of aconstruction which adapts the weather-strip to completely close thecrack between the sections or parts of the windshield from end to endthereof Automobile AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.- llatented Feb 21, 1922a 1s, 1920.serial N0. 358,992.

or across the entire width of the windshield smoA as not to leave openspaces between the frame parts at the ends of the windshield. Anotherobject ofthe invention is to prowide a windshield frame in which thecorner fittings or caps for retaining the transparent panes or lglassesinthe frames are construeted so as to form end continuations of theunframed edges 'of the glasses, and thu's enable the weather-strip toembrace or 'fit over the. corner caps or fittings as well as on theglasses and extend from end to end of the windshield to completely closethe crack. A.

Another object of the invention is to improve the construction 4ofwindshields and the like in the other respects hereinafter describedandset forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a windshield, of oneconstruction embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, detached. of the movable member of one ofthe 'corner caps.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation, partly in section of the windshield.i.

Fig. t is a transverse sectional elevation thereof on line 4 4, Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of adjacent corner portions of the two sectionsof the windshield and a weatherstrip therefor.

Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively a side elevation, partly `in section, andan end elevation of a corner-cap of modified construction.

Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively a plan view. partly in section and a sideelevation of a second modification ofthe corner cap.

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are respectively a sectional plan view, an endelevation, and-a side elevation, partly insection of a thirdmodification of the corner cap.

Fig. 13 is an end elevation of a fourth modification, and Fig. 14 is aperspective view thereof, showing the two members of the cap separated.

Figs. 15 and 16 arerespectively a side elevation and an end elevation ofstill another form of corner cap.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings is shown a portion of a sectional windshieldcomprising an the lower horizontal'edge and opposite end edges oftheglass.v A. portion of one of the end bars of this frame is shown at C'.frame, as usual, is provided. with channels or grooves to receive andhold the edges of the glass, and the glass is adapted to be in-` sertededgewise into its frame betweenthe two end bars thereof. .'lhe glass isretained in the frame by corner fittings or caps D which are secured tothe ends of the end bars of the frame and project therefrom inwardly, ortowards eachother, and engage or embrace the unframed edge of the lassso as to hold the glass in its frame. oth sections ofthe windshieldshown in Fig. 1 are of a similar construction and provided with likecorner ca s or fittings, which in the upper section are ocated at itslower i corners, and in the lower section are at the upper cornersthereof. Except for the construction of the corner caps or corner por-=tions of the windshield sections or parts, the frame can be of any usualor suitable construction. 'llhe corner caps or corner portions of theframe can be of various different constructions within the scope ofthisinvention. Several dierent constructions embodying the invention areshown in the rawi gs. Y

1n the construction shown in Figs. 1-5, the corner caps or fittings aredetachable from the end bars and each comprises a body of substantiallyU-shape cross section having a horizontal top plate 10 and verticalflanges 11 which depend from the top plate and extend around the outerend and along the two opposite sides of the cap. rlhe -outer end portionof the cap or fitting is shaped to slip over and fit on the end of theend bar C of the frame and the inner portion of the cap or fitting iscontractedor of less width, adapted to embrace the upper, unframed edgeof the glass B. rThe cap is secured to the bar C by a screw or fastening12, passing through a hole in the top plate. rllhe end bar of the frameis made shorter than the height of the glass and the glass is notched orcut away at the corners as best shown at 13,

F ig. 3, so that the reduced end portions of the glass are preferablysubstantially equal in height to the end bars of the frame. The bodiesofthe corner caps embrace these reduced end parts of the glass, and arelocated below the upper edge of the glass, or in other words, the glassextends upwardly between the two corner caps or fittings at oppositeends ofthe windshield above the top plate 10 of the body of the cap orfitting. The cap or fitting is provided with a contracted part or memberwhich projects above the glass-engaging portion of the cap to the up-Each per edge-of the glass, and preferably of the same externalthickness as the glass, so that this part 14 forms substantially an endcontinuation of the upper edge of the glass,

the top edge and side faces of this part 14 being Hush with the top edgeand side faces inner portion of the body of the cap. As

shown, the yflanges 16 of this member are provided with longitudinalgrooves v18'adapted to spring over longitudinal tongues or ribs 19 onthe body'flanges of the cap to hold the member 14 in place thereon. Themember 14 is adapted to be slipped downwardly onto the body of the cap.and is prevented from endwisel movement between the enlarged outer endportion of the body of the cap and the end of the upwardly projectingedge of the. glass B. The interftting tongues and grooves prevent theaccidental disengagement of the member 14, but enable the same to beremoved when necessary to afford access to the screw for removing theend cap. The contracted part or member 14 being of the same width andheight as the portion of the glass projecting above the body of thecaps, forms substantially a continuation of the edge of the glass out tothe end of the cap. A weather-strip E, which fits on or embraces theupper edge of the lower glass of the windshield can, therefore, extendout over the contracted part or member 14 of the corner Vcap or fittingto the extreme outer edge of the end bar of the windshield frame just asif the glass itself extended out to this point. Fig. 5 showstheweather-strip thus extending out to the extreme end of the frame.r1`he weather-strip may be of any suitable kind or construction adaptedto be applied to the edge of the windshield section.

Preferably, the corner caps or fittings for the upper section of thewindshield are of the same construction as those on the lower sectionand are applied to the windshield in the manner explained, but ofcourse, at the lower edge of the glass. The upper section of thewindshield as well as the lower therefore` has cap parts or membersforming flush continuations of the edge portion of the glass to theouter ends of the frame. r1`he rubber or flexible strip E of thewindshield, therefore, bears againsta flat or straight face on the upperwindshield section extending throughout the width of this section to theextreme ends thereof. The weather-strip is shown as fitting on the lowersection, but

In the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the corner cap or fittinghas a lower body portion 20 substantially similar to the body portion ofthe cap above descrlbed and adapted to fit on the end of the end framebar and over the notched edge of the glass in the same manner. Thecontracted, upper part or member 21 of this cap, which abuts againstthe4 end of the projecting edge art of the glass is pivoted by a rivet22 or ot erwise on the top plate of the cap body So that it is adaptedto swing laterally to and from its normal, lengthwise position o n topof the cap to afford access to the securing screw or fastening for thecap. The member 21 can be releasably retained in its normal position byany suitable meansnsuch as a projection 23 on the underside of its outerend portlon, adapted to snap into a depression 24 in the top plate ofthe cap body. When in thls normal position this upper part 21, like thecontracted, upper member before described, extends from and forms acontinuation of the upwardly projecting edge portion of th class.

n In the construction shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the body 25 of the cap issubstantially the same as before described, and is adapted to be securedon the windshield in the same manner. The .contracted member 26 of thiscap has a bottom plate 27V which rests flat upon the top plate of thecap body 25, and a segmental, cylindrical flange 28, whlch partiallyencircles the cylindrical portion of the body'of the c'ap, as shown inFig.v 8. This flange prevents the displacement of the lupper member 26lengthwise off of the body part, but the upper memberI can be forciblypulled off to give access to the securingA screw for the cap..

In the construction shown in Figs. 10-12, the contracted upper member 30of the corner cap or tting consists of a rectangular, hollow piece,which is slipped endwise into position on the top plate of the body 31and is releasably retained in position thereon by bottom cross-pieces 32on the member 30, which extend under tongues struck up from the topplate of the cap body. One of these tongues 33, preferably has adown-bent, free end adapted to snap over the cross piece to releasablyretain the upper member in place but permit its forcible removal.

Figs. 13 and 14 show a construction which tongues and grooves whichretain the refl movable member 35 in place are formed on the wide, outerportions of the cap body fianges 36 instead of on the contracted, innerportions thereof, as in the case of the first construction described. l

Figs. 15 and- 16 show a' corner cap or fitting in which the body andcontracted, upper member or part are not separate but are formed in onepiece. tion the cap is adapted to be secured on the end bar of the frameby screws or fastenings passing through holes 40 in its side flanges 41.It is not necessary, therefore, for the contracted, upper member or part42 which forms the end continuation of the unframed edge of the glass tobe separable or mov.- able to afford access to the fastening for thecap, and this contracted member or part can be permanently attached tothey lower or body part, and it is preferably formed integrallytherewith from a single, bent piece of sheet metal. This construction isless eX- pensive than the other constructions, but is suitable for someof the cheaper makes of windshields which have caps similar inconstruction to the lower or body portion of the cap shown in Figs. 15and 16.

I claim as my invention: n

1. In a windshield, the combination of a transparent pane, a frametherefor having end bars at opposite ends of said pane, which areshorter than the'height of the portion of the pane between saidend barswhereby one edge of the pane projects beyond the ends of the end bars,and contracted frame parts extending across the ends of said end bars inline with the projecting edge portion of the pane and forming endcontinuations thereof at the ends of the end bars of substantially thesame transverse width as the thickness of said pane.

2. In a windshield, the combination of a frame, and a transparent panemounted in said frame and having an unframed edge, said frame havingmembers at opposite In this construc corners thereof which formsubstantially f of which form substantially flush end continuations ofthe edge and the opposite faces of the corner portions of the pane,whereby a lweather-strip embracing said edge of the pane can extend oversaid fittings tothe outer edges of the Windshield frame.

4. A corner fitting for retaining transparent panes in their frames,ysaid fitting being adapted to be secured to the frame and havinga'retaining part shaped to engage the pane and a'contracted part of awidth equal to the thickness'of said pane and arranged to extend thefull length of said fitting to form a uniform end continuation of -oneedge portion of the pane.'

5. In a windshield, the combination of a pane having opposite end bars,a transparent pane mounted in said frame and having an unframed edgewith a portion between said end bars projecting outwardly beyond theends of said end bars, and corner fittings secured to said end bars andengaging thevpane to retain it in the frame, said corner fittings havingarts which form substantially fiush en continuations of said projectingedge portion of the pane of the same transverse width as the thicknessof said edge of the pane to the outer edges of said corner fittings.

6. ln a windshield, the combination of a frame having opposite end bars,a transparent pane mounted in said frame and having corner notches atopposite ends of the pane whereby the edge of saidl pane between saidnotches projects beyond the ends of said'end bars, and corner fittingssecured to said end bars and engaging the pane to retain it in theframe, said corner fittings having members occupying said notches andforming end continuations of said projecting edge of the pane, saidmembers being movable to give access to the securing means for thecorner fittin s.

7. n a windshield, the combination of a frame having opposite end bars,a transpar ent pane mounted in said frame and having an unframed edgewith portion between said end bars projecting outwardly beyond the endsof said end bars, and corner fittings securedto said end bars and havingparts which engage the pane to retain. it in the frame',` and contractedend parts which -extend 1n line with and form substantially flush endcontinuations of said projecting edge portions of the pane of the sametransverse width as the thickness of said edge portions and extending tothe outer edges of said frame bars.

8. A corner fitting for retaining transparent panes in their frames,said fitting being constructed to be secured tol theA frame and having aretaining part to engage the pane, and a contracted part arranged toextend in line with and form an end continuation of one edge portion ofthe pane to the outer edge of said fitting.

9. A corner fitting for retaining transparent panes in their frames,said fitting being constructed to be secured to the frame and having aretaining part to engage the pane, and a movable part adapted to bemounted on said retaining part and arranged to extend in line with andform an end continuation of one edge portion of the pane to the outeredge of said fitting.

10. A corner fitting for retaining transparent panes in their frames,said fitting being constructed to be secured to the frame and having aflanged retaining part adapted to embrace the pane, and a contractedary, 1920.

' JUHN R. UISHEI. Witnesses: CHARLES TESCHNER, VALENTINE W. GRADY.

.part arranged to extend in line with and form

